Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Launch 1971-F10 | Europa II | Nov 5, 1971 |
| Launch 1970-U02 | Europa I | Jun 12, 1970 |
| Launch 1969-F09 | Europa I | Jul 2, 1969 |
| Launch 1968-F09 |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Europa I | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Europa II | Not stated | 1 | Retired |
Europa I |
| Nov 29, 1968 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Europa ha enfrentado una serie de reveses, incluida la retirada de los cohetes de Rusia, que han dejado a la región sin una forma independiente de lanzar sus misiones al espacio.
La Universidad de Málaga, Vodafone, y AST SpaceMobile han inaugurado el primer laboratorio de investigación de Europa dedicado al desarrollo de servicios integrados de banda ancha móvil terrestre y satelital de órbita baja.
Juno has conducted flybys of moons such as Ganymede, Europa, and Io, providing data on geology, environment, and composition.
Europa aspira a aumentar la inversión en espacio y defensa.
España se posiciona como la cuarta economía espacial de Europa.
Ariel's orbit would have been four times more eccentric than that of Jupiter's moon Europa.
Después de las pruebas de vibración, Plato será colocado en el Gran Simulador Espacial, la cámara de vacío más grande de Europa.
During a functional trial under the European Echoes project over the Atlantic Ocean, an Air Europa aircraft established a data link with the Gran Canaria control center, achieving the first data communication between the aircraft and the air traffic control system.
España ha lanzado el primer telepuerto virtual de Europa, desarrollado por Integrasys.
Israel is advancing plans for the Eureka space mission, aimed at searching for signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa and potentially Saturn's Enceladus.
Israel's Weizmann Institute proposed a method to detect life on Jupiter’s moon Europa by identifying specific amino acids from orbit.
European Launcher Development Organization (ELDO) began the development of the Europa launch vehicle with funding primarily from Britain, France, and Germany.
Britain withdrew from European launcher development after the final Europa test flight, missing opportunities in the successful Ariane program.
Testing of Blue Streak in support of the Europa program occurred at Spadeadam, and some components were shipped to Woomera in Australia for launches.
The last flight of the Europa rocket occurred on November 5, 1971, and ended with guidance system failure.
Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter for four years and perform 49 flybys of Europa beginning in 2031.
Europa Clipper will make a series of dozens of flybys of the icy moon Europa over four years after arriving at Jupiter in 2030, and no mission changes are planned.
The ESA-funded, Airbus-built JUICE mission launched in April 2023 on an eight-year voyage to Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
Europa Clipper will operate about 444 million miles (715 million kilometers) from Earth when studying Europa.
JUICE is a program of the European Space Agency (ESA) designed to expand knowledge of the interactions between Jupiter and its icy moons Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede.